Wilde: 1747 books

Oscar Wilde visited America in the year 1882. Interest in the Æsthetic School, of which he was already the acknowledged master, had sometime previously spread to the United States, and it is said that the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, “Patience,”[1] in which he and his disciples...

A collection of poems and sonnets, Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde was published in 1919. The work includes narrative poems that at times reflect on his personal experiences and sonnets that are a reflection of the beauty around him. The poems reflect a myriad of emotions.

Publicada por primera vez en 1888, esta colección de cuentos permite observar la grandeza literaria de la que era capaz Wilde, y de su profundo entendimiento del ser humano. Amor, odio, vanidad, egoísmo, amistad, desinterés, humildad, son algunos de los sentimientos que encontraremos en estas páginas,...

Oscar Wilde: De Profundis. Aufzeichnungen und Briefe aus dem Zuchthaus in Reading Entstanden als offener Brief an seinen früheren Freund und Liebhaber Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas während der Inhaftierung in verschiedenen englischen Zuchthäusern zwischen 1895 und 1897. Erstdruck 1905. Hier in der mit...

Who stole Mercedes beloved bonny? How could an octogenarian lady in a wheelchair rob a sub Post Office? Who is Bentley? Answers to these questions and more in Free Running, the second volume of the Mercedes Drew Mysteries. Read about the ongoing relationship between Mercedes Drew and Detective Inspector...

Mysterious goings on in the allotments, a lorry hijack and arson at the golf club. Three more complete stories about Mercedes Drew, her 1969 Triumph Bonneville T120 motorcycle and Detective Inspector Desmond Flowers, in Volume Three of the Mercedes Drew Mysteries. Who is stealing Derek Trott's carrots?...

Something is going wrong with the Lottery. There hasn’t been a jackpot winner for eight weeks. Something is also going wrong with the weather. It just won’t stop raining. Balding, middle aged Tom Fletcher is an unlikely man to save the universe. In fact he is an unlikely man to do anything...

The ubiquitous ATM hides a little known secret. For a select few, with the correct plastic card, not only will they dispense cash, but also enable time travel forward or backward along your personal timeline. But what happens if you use someone else's card? Out of Time illustrates the perils of Time...

The collected stories from the Vertigo Research Labs. How can stairs stop working, when up becomes down? Can something be bigger on the inside than it is on the outside? Jepherson Thomas, janitor at the Vertigo labs, tells all in eleven humorous stories from the world's most unlikely research establishment....

Ten more short stories to read while you take a coffee break; on your train ride to work; in the bath, or on the beach. Three lads play hooky from school, a virtual man who is human in every way, a father and son conversation, a body frozen in the ice. A story of a marriage in 'A Trace of Boron'....

Ten more coffee break sized stories in all genres, including another tale from the Vertigo labs, a mystery coach tour in the West of England, a message from beyond the stars and a spat between the quiz and darts teams at the Poacher's Inn. Stories that are the right length to read in the bath, on...

Coffee break sized stories including gentle humour, a touch of sci fi, a smidgen of romance and an air of mystery. Stories include The Running Boy, The Magician's Cabinet, The Turing Test and The Case of the Missing Spray Cleaner. Short stories ideal for lulling you to sleep at bedtime or reading...

Ten complete short stories to read anywhere. Sci fi, romance, mystery and humour. Somethin's wrong, terrible wrong at the farm in 'Fine Weather'. An unexpected encounter at 40,000 feet in 'Night Flight'. A new use for ATMs in 'Dr Kemp's Card', and a man fights...

Retired, bored, bald Tom Fletcher uncovers another dastardly plot to change the laws of probability. Pausing only to take part in a Speed Dating evening, he is soon creating havoc across multiple universes dressed as a duck. Can Tom beat the Smiths? Will he find love? Can he play darts? What's...